# Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome (ZNA)

**Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome** (IATA: ZNA) is a seaplane base in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. In 2015 it handled 110 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cac8

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZNA / —
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 0 m / 0 ft
- Coordinates: 49.1698, -123.9338
- Passengers: 110,063 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo_Harbour_Water_Aerodrome (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566422
- Weather station: CWEL · WMO 71772
- Ident: CAC8

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 55 km / 34 mi · Sunshine Coast Air, Harbour Air, Helijet, Seair Seaplanes
- [CXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc.md) Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome · Canada · 61 km / 38 mi · Harbour Air, Helijet, Seair Seaplanes
- [KEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/s60.md) Kenmore Air Harbor LLC Seaplane Base · United States · 200 km / 124 mi · Kenmore Air

### Charter (1)

- [YTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cab4.md) Tofino Harbour Seaplane Base · Canada · 144 km / 89 mi · Tofino Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ZNA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (6)

- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 2
- JB [Helijet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/helijet) · 2
- [Seair Seaplanes](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/seair-seaplanes) · 2
- M5 [Kenmore Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenmore-air) · 1
- Sunshine Coast Air · 1
- [Tofino Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tofino-air) · 1 · charter

## Nearby airports

- [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · 14 km / 8.4 mi
- [XQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cat4.md) Qualicum Beach Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [YDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czbb.md) Boundary Bay Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [YPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypw.md) Powell River Airport · 84 km / 52 mi

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #64

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanaimo_Harbour_Water_Aerodrome&oldid=1363063703), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cac8/data